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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Brassica oleracea var. capitata l. (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Cabbage; Red Cabbage; White Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
capitata
Variety Author
L.
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BARIUM 0 Leaf 1.0 87.0 -0.81 *
BENZOPHENONE 1 Leaf *
BENZYL-AMINE 0 Leaf 2.8 3.3 -0.90 Jim Duke's personal files.
BENZYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
BENZYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 20 Leaf *
BETA-AMYLASE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 0.6 12.0 -1.09 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf 70.0 700.0 -0.70 *
BORON 4 Leaf 1.0 145.0 2.28 *
BRASSININ 3 Leaf 1.3 Jim Duke's personal files.
BROMINE 0 Leaf 0.2 37.0 -0.22 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTANEDIONE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
BUTENYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf *
BUTYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf *
BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant *
CADMIUM 3 Leaf 0.0 0.4 -0.70 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf 0.5 77.0 -0.71 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 290.0 19500.0 0.07 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Phytoalexin 5 *
Phytohormone 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 4 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 4 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 4 *
Prosticide 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 16 *